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Freddie Mitchell Is Still Talking
Here's a delightful first-person account of "4th And 26," in which Freddie Mitchell makes it clear that he was the only person on that field who was ever any good at football. [Philadelphia Sports Daily]...

The Jets Send Some More Things Down The Memory Hole
Apropos of nothing, this on-site document shredding truck is currently parked outside the Jets' practice facility....

Pete Carroll Is The Only Playoff Coach With A Quarterback Controversy
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Whitehurst or Hasselback? As if it matters....

Big Ben Reportedly Engaged To Human Female
There are rumors that Ben Roethlisberger got engaged over Christmas. Oh, I see how it is. Mike Vick can't have a dog, but Big Ben can have a woman?...

SB Nation's Top Sports GIFs Of 2010 Is Quite Outstanding
Prepare to spend the rest of the afternoon not earning your undeserved paycheck more than usual. SB Nation's Jon Bois put in enough overtime for everyone this year. [SB Nation]...

<em>Step Up 4</em> Starring Clayton Kershaw Had A Disappointing Opening Weekend
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Brett Favre Sued For Sexual Harassment
Two team massage therapists—yeah, these two—have sued Favre and the Jets for sexual harassment. The women claim he propositioned them via text message (for a threesome), and weren't re-hired by the Jets after they complained. And here we go....

Clarification: Ron Franklin Called Jeannine Edwards "Sweet Baby," Not "Sweet Cakes"
Sweet baby? What the hell is that? Who calls anyone "sweet baby," outside of Boyz II Men songs? This makes Ron Franklin both patronizing and weird. [USA Today; earlier]...

Not A Great Day For Peter King
First he discovers (and describes in detail) this newfangled drinking game called "keg standing," or something. Then he makes an unfortunate pun on Arian Foster's name. He's taking this Favre thing hard....

"Cooking With Bill Belichick" Is Delightful
This has been floating around for a while, but it's new to us. It comes from Ohio proto-sports/humor show Sports Mock Live. We wonder if Belichick is in on the joke, because he's the type who's never in on the joke....

The Losers Win The Weekend
The Seattle Seahawks, with a 7-9 record, will host a playoff game next weekend. Predictably, there are already calls for realignment, reseeding, and an entire rejiggering of the playoff process. We say no: this is an all-time great moment for mediocrity....

Your NFL Late Games Open Thread
Am I the only person who thinks St. Louis vs. Seattle could be a fantastic sub-.500 game?...

Your NFL Early Games Open Thread
Games with playoff implications: Carolina at Atlanta, Pittsburgh at Cleveland, Tampa Bay at New Orleans, Cincinnati at Baltimore....

Elway's Back, Bitches
With the Denver Broncos franchise essentially reduced to rubble, John Elway will face a hell of a lot more than 98 yards versus a Cleveland Browns defense when the team introduces him as VP of football operations this week....

Braylon Edwards Issues Award For Best Rex Ryan Impersonator Doing The Dougie
With all this talk about Michelle Ryan's pretty feet, people have probably overlooked all the barefoot Rex Ryan impersonators sending Braylon Edwards links to videos of themselves doing the "dougie."...

Hungover? Watching Brett Favre Dance To A Vanilla Ice Song Should Help
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

Stanford Fan Should've Read His Sign Aloud Before Bringing It To The Game
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and internets to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

NFL Punishes Jets For Exposed Body Part That Is Not Brett Favre's Penis
The league has fined the Jets $100,000 for Sal Alosi's wandering foot, which probably comes to something like $10,000 per inch. If that's the going rate, Brett Favre totally got railroaded....

Seattle's 12th Man Is A Traitor
What do a majority of Seattle fans have in common with the rest of the country? They're all rooting against the Seahawks this Sunday....

Gregg Easterbrook Is A Haughty Dipshit
Drew Magary's Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Find more of his stuff at his Twitter feed....